Nancy Lopez

Golfer

Nancy Lopez was born in Torrance, California, United States on January 6th, 1957 and is the Golfer. At the age of 67, Nancy Lopez biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
January 6, 1957
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Torrance, California, United States
Age
67 years old
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Networth
$10 Million
Profession
Golfer
Nancy Lopez Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 67 years old, Nancy Lopez has this physical status:

Height
165cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
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Eye Color
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Build
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Measurements
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Nancy Lopez Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
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Hobbies
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Education
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Nancy Lopez Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Ed Russell (m. 2017), Ray Knight (1982–2009), Tim Melton (1979–1982)
Children
Ashley, Erinn, Torri
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
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Nancy Lopez Life

Nancy Marie Lopez (born January 6, 1957) is a retired American professional golfer who plays for the National Golf Association.

She began competing in the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three major championships.

Personal life

Lopez was married to Houston sportscaster Tim Melton from 1979 to 1982. Ray Knight, then a Houston Astros player, married her shortly after her divorce, in Pelham, Georgia, in October 1982. They were married for 27 years, divorced in 2009, and have three children. Lopez and Knight lived in Albany, Georgia, when they married. She has hosted the Nancy Lopez Hospice Golf Classic at the Doublegate Country Club since 1986, raising money for Albany Community Hospice, a charity that has returned year after Knight's divorce in 2009. She lives in The Villages, Florida, where she hosts an annual golf tournament to benefit the charity AIM (Advance in Movement), which helps mentally handicapped, hearing impaired, physically impaired, and other children and adults with special needs. She has been a host of the tournament since 1981 and now serves as a national ambassador for AIM. Lopez donated $5,000 to the Republican National Committee in 2008. Lopez married Ed Russell for the third time in 2017.

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Nancy Lopez Career

Amateur career

Lopez won the New Mexico Women's Amateur in 1969 and the United States at age 12. Girls' Junior was born in 1972 and 1974, respectively, at ages 15 and 17. She competed in the United States Women's Open as an amateur right after graduating from Goddard High School in Roswell, first in 1974 and then in 1975, where she finished second.

Lopez was named All-American and Female Athlete of the Year for her time at the University of Tulsa as a freshman in 1976. She earned the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national intercollegiate golf championship that year, and she was a member of the U.S. Curtis Cup and World Amateur teams. Lopez graduated from college in sophomore year and turned pro in 1977, and was the runner-up at the Women's Open in the United States.

Professional career

Lopez won nine tournaments, five of which were consecutive, during her first full season on the LPGA Tour in 1978. She was featured on Sports Illustrated in July, took the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average, LPGA Rookie of the Year, LPGA Player of the Year, and was named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. She won another eight times in 1979 and 1984, and then won multiple times in each year from 1980 to 1984, although she played only half-seasons in 1983 and 1984 due to the birth of her first child.

Lopez, who was playing full time again in 1985, received the money title, the Player of the Year Award, and was named Associate Press Female Athlete of the Year for the second time. She appeared in just four events in 1986, when her second daughter was born, but she returned to action in 1987–89 - three times each in 1988 and 1989 - and once more in 1988. When her third daughter was born in the early 1990s, Lopez's work was halted again. She gained twice in 1992 and 1993. Lopez continued to play short notices - from 11 to 18 tournaments from 2002 to 2003, then down to just a half dozen or fewer events per year.

Lopez was regarded as one of the finest female golfers of the 1970s to late 1980s, and she was the game's best player from the 1970s to late 1980s. She won three major titles, and all were at the LPGA Championship in 1978, 1985, and 1989. Lopez never won the United States Women's Open before, but she came in second four times, the first in 1997, when she became the first in the event's history to score under 70 for all four rounds but lost to Alison Nicholas. She won the Colgate-Dinah Shore in 1981, two years before it became a major, and she was a runner-up three times at the Du Maurier Classic in Canada.

In 1987, Lopez was admitted to the World Golf Hall of Fame. She was a member of the Solheim Cup team in 1990 and 2005, and she was the team's captain. Lopez retired from regular tournament play in 2002 and attempted a comeback in 2007 and 2008. She played six tournaments, missed the cut in each of them, and only broke 80 in three of the 12 rounds in her return to action. She appeared in three events in 2008, with a low score of 76 and never making the cut. In 2002, she was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.

Lopez is the only woman to win both the LPGA Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year, and the Vare Trophy in the same season (1978). Nancy Lopez Golf, her company, also makes a full range of women's clubs and accessories. She also does occasional television commentary.

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